Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 at her grandparents' home in Atchison, Kansas.
Amy Earhart, having suffered a miscarriage in an earlier pregnancy, returned to her parents home to await the birth of Amelia.
Amelia's nickname was Millie.
After visiting her sister in 1917 at a college preparatory school in Canada, Amelia decided to train as a nurses aid in Toronto
In the fall of 1919 Amelia enrolled as a pre-med student at Columbia University.
Although doing well in her studies, in 1920 she decided to join her mother and father in California.
Several months after her arrival in California Amelia and her father went to an "aerial meet"at Daugherty Field in Long Beach.
She had become very interested in flying.
The next day, given a helmet and goggles, she boarded the open-cockpit biplane for a 10 minute flight over Los Angeles.
In July Amelia purchased a prototype of the Kinner airplane...naming it "The Canary".
By October 1922, Amelia began participating in record breaking attempts and set a women's altitude record of 14,000 feet...broken a few weeks later by Ruth Nichols.
On April 27, 1926 her life was to change forever...a phone call from Captain H.H. Railey asked.."how would you like to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic?"
She managed to go through it but her last flight was June 29th, 1937.
There were many theories on why unconfirmed sightings have been reported.
Amelia was a celebrity at heart. No woman had so far flown across the Atlantic but, she managed to be the first.Many people thought she couldn't do it but she did. One example of a modern example of an Amelia Earhart is Oprah Winfrey was the first women to give away millions to charities. Like Amelia they thought she wouldn't be a big star and give away money like she did. In the end everyone was shocked and notice she wanted to help people. She as well as Amelia put a big indent in the world. They both gave us something to look back apon. Without these women-like figures women wouldn't have a lady-like person to look up to.
"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." ~ Amelia Erhart.
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Amelia was a celebrity at heart. No woman had so far flown across the Atlantic but, she managed to be the first.Many people thought she couldn't do it but she did. One example of a modern example of an Amelia Earhart is Oprah Winfrey was the first women to give away millions to charities. Like Amelia they thought she wouldn't be a big star and give away money like she did. In the end everyone was shocked and notice she wanted to help people. She as well as Amelia put a big indent in the world. They both gave us something to look back apon. Without these women-like figures women wouldn't have a lady-like person to look up to.
"Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." ~ Amelia Erhart.